# Announcing the 2024 Steering Committee Election Results

DevFeed: [Announcing the 2024 Steering Committee Election Results](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/announcing-the-2024-steering-committee-election-results-17583.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.kubernetes.dev/blog/2024/10/02/steering-committee-results-2024/>)

Author: The Kubernetes Authors

Published: 2024-10-02T20:10:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Kubernetes Contributors Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/kubernetes-contributors-blog.md>)

Topics: [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [governance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/governance.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>)

## AI overview

The Kubernetes 2024 Steering Committee election concluded with three elected members--Antonio Ojea, Benjamin Elder, and Sascha Grunert--joining the continuing committee members for two-year terms. The article also explains how the community can follow and participate in committee activities.

## Source excerpt

The 2024 Steering Committee Election is now complete. The Kubernetes Steering Committee consists of 7 seats, 3 of which were up for election in 2024. Incoming committee members serve a term of 2 years, and all members are elected by the Kubernetes Community. This community body is significant since it oversees the governance of the entire Kubernetes project. With that great power comes great responsibility. You can learn more about the steering committee's role in their charter . Thank you to everyone who voted in the election; your participation helps support the community's continued health and success. Results Congratulations to the elected committee members whose two year terms begin immediately (listed in alphabetical order by GitHub handle): Antonio Ojea (@aojea ), Google Benjamin Elder (@BenTheElder ), Google Sascha Grunert (@saschagrunert ), Red Hat They join continuing members: Stephen Augustus (@justaugustus ), Cisco Paco Xu 徐俊杰 (@pacoxu ), DaoCloud Patrick Ohly (@pohly ), Intel Maciej Szulik (@soltysh ), Defense Unicorns Benjamin Elder is a returning Steering Committee Member. Big thanks! Thank you and congratulations on a successful election to this round's election officers: Bridget Kromhout (@bridgetkromhout ) Christoph Blecker (@cblecker ) Priyanka Saggu (@Priyankasaggu11929 ) Thanks to the Emeritus Steering Committee Members. Your service is appreciated by the community: Bob Killen (@mrbobbytables ) Nabarun Pal (@palnabarun ) And thank you to all the candidates who came forward to run for election. Get involved with the Steering Committee This governing body, like all of Kubernetes, is open to all. You can follow along with Steering Committee meeting notes and weigh in by filing an issue or creating a PR against their repo . They have an open meeting on the first Monday at 8am PT of every month . They can also be contacted at their public mailing list steering@kubernetes.io . You can see what the Steering Committee meetings are all about by watching